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Native Youth Preventing Diabetes (NYPD) is a diabetes prevention education program designed to provide Native American children the necessary steps to prevent diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Originally NYPD was executed as a summer camp experience. However as the epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes grows it has been clinically apparent that Type 2 diabetes prevention will require much more intensive intervention than can be provided in a few days during the summer. Lifestyle changes are the primary mode of Type 2 Diabetes prevention. Lifestyle changes are best influenced early in life by an age and culturally appropriate disease prevention education program. NYPD has based it’s intervention education on. read more			NYPD celebrated its 11th year of Camp in June of 2012 NYPD receives Model Program of the year from the Association of American Indian Physicians NYPD Receives National recognition for 6th year in a row! 2007-2012 Planning for NYPD Camp in June of 2013 is underway- Further details to be placed on the website in early 2013 Registration Information NYPD Newsletters available - view now NYPD Camp Pictures are available- view now

NYPD Coalition Members : Absentee Shawnee Tribe Caddo Nation Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes Chickasaw Nation Choctaw Nation Citizen Potawatomi Nation Delaware Nation Iowa Nation Kaw Nation Kickapoo Tribe Muscogee (Creek) Nation Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Oklahoma Indian Health Service Oklahoma State Department of Health Otoe-Missouria Tribe Pawnee Nation Sac and Fox Nation Wichita & Affiliated Tribes The Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Tribal Contacts click here	Step1	Check our coalition members to see if your tribe is a current partner with NYPD Kids today! If they're not, consider asking them to find out more about NYPD.
	Step2	Contact your tribe or a tribe in your area that is listed as our partner and tell them you are interested in joining NYPD Kids for 2013!
	Step3	Complete the registration packet provided to you by the tribe to get signed up for NYPD Kids 2013!
	"Roses are Red... Violets are Blue... We Love Camp Cimarron... And the NYPD Nurses TOO!" - Cabin #1 "I know not to eat too many dirty toes" (Doritos) "If it wasn't hot, it wouldn't be NYPD camp." "Can I come back next year? Please!!!"